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MAY 2012 The Steppingstone Academy Visit The Steppingstone Academy in the Summer Placement Schools Did you know? Beaver Country Day School Belmont Day School • The Steppingstone curriculum is based on the work Scholars will see at placement schools. Belmont Hill School • Scholars can tour more than a dozen colleges a year with us. Boston College High School • We offer summer opportunity funding for Scholars, which provides students with experiences or Boston Latin Academy academic skills encouraging them to grow outside of the classroom. Boston Latin School Boston Trinity Academy You are invited to The Steppingstone Academy Summer Open House on Thursday, July 19 from Boston University Academy 8:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. at Milton Academy. Brimmer and May School Buckingham Browne & Nichols School Come learn more about what services Steppingstone offers Scholars once they set foot on your school’s campus. All placement school faculty and staff are invited to observe classes; meet Steppingstone Alumni, Cambridge School of Weston faculty, and staff; and learn more about how Steppingstone supports Scholars every step of the way through Commonwealth School your schools, from admission and placement guidance, to academic and socio-emotional support, to Concord Academy college counseling. Dana Hall School Dedham Country Day School This year’s faculty includes three Scholar Alumni as well as teachers from Thayer Academy, Newton Country Deerfield Academy Day, and Milton Academy. Derby Academy The Dexter School RSVP to Matt Kessler by July 1 at [email protected]. Fay School The Fessenden School The Governor’s Academy Scholar Profile Holderness School Hury Michael ’05 is a senior from Boston’s Fenway neighborhood and one of 16 Steppingstone Scholars The Meadowbrook School of Weston attending Boston College High School. After completing Steppingstone’s 14-month academic component, Milton Academy he entered The Fessenden School in sixth grade, and later BC High in 10th grade. “I think of the Newton Country Day School Steppingstone program like a rocket and launch- Noble and Greenough School ing pad – once you decide you are ready to take John D. O’Bryant School the time and effort to commit to academics, the The Park School program gives you lift-off,” he said. Hury continues Phillips Academy to study Latin, a favorite subject from his days in Phillips Exeter Academy the Steppingstone classroom. “Steppingstone taught me to pursue subjects I’m interested in and to enjoy The Rivers School the learning process,” he said. The Roxbury Latin School St. Mark’s School He has spent a significant part of his middle and St. Paul’s School Scholar Hury Michael ’05 from BC High (right) tutors fellow Scholar Steve Nguyen ’11 (left), a seventh grader at high school years serving others and preparing for St. Sebastian’s School Thayer Academy. the next step - college. During the summer of Shady Hill School 2010, Hury worked as a Teaching Assistant at The The Southfield School Steppingstone Academy, and each year at BC High he tutored students in area schools and programs. Last Thayer Academy summer, he participated in Upward Bound, a college preparatory program at Wheelock College. Hury is also The Winsor School a four-year Honor Roll student, winner of multiple leadership awards, including The Marguerite Thomson Xaverian Brothers High School Award for Leadership and Openness to Growth, and has received numerous distinctions for excellence in classics and mathematics. College Success Academy Schools With college on the horizon, Hury plans to attend Colgate University in the fall and to study neuroscience. Edison K-8 School He is also on track to become the first in his family to graduate from college. “I’m excited and ready to move Jackson/Mann K-8 School on but am enjoying living in the moment in my senior year.”
Scholar Highlights The Steppingstone Foundation Bassil Bacare ’08 (Roxbury Latin, 10) and Tevin Barros ’07 (Roxbury Latin, 10) will both attend is a non-profit organization “The Roxbury Latin 2012 Immersion Program” in Burgos, Spain this summer. that develops and implements Ava Brignol ’08 (Noble and Greenough, 10) was recently featured in her school’s production of Hairspray. programs that prepare urban schoolchildren for Boma Dikibo ’07 (BC High, 11) received the Houseman Scholarship through Boston Architectural College educational opportunities to participate in its summer 2012 high school program. that lead to college success. Laryssa Dussuau ’11 (Thayer Academy, 6) received a Certificate of Accomplishment for Academic www.tsf.org Achievement Honors for the second trimester of the school year. 617-423-6300 Gabriella Gilbert ’06 (Boston Latin School, 12) was inducted into the National Honor Society this year and will attend Columbia University in the fall.
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